--- title: Meghan Markle Doppelganger Mom Pops Up on Instagram description: If the royal family ever needs someone to fill in for the Duchess of Sussex, people found their woman in this Meghan Markle doppelganger. canonical: https://time.com/5775313/meghan-markle-doppelganger/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-01-31T15:57:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:15.750Z og:title: People Have Taken Note of How Much This Mom Looks Like Meghan Markle og:description: Get ready to do a royal double take og:url: https://time.com/5775313/meghan-markle-doppelganger/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9370d717e9790dec/698a0994096a9429b26a7acd/Meghan-Markle-Mom-Lookalike.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Meghan-Markle-Mom-Lookalike og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Have Taken Note of How Much This Mom Looks Like Meghan Markle twitter:description: Get ready to do a royal double take twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9370d717e9790dec/698a0994096a9429b26a7acd/Meghan-Markle-Mom-Lookalike.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Have Taken Note of How Much This Mom on Instagram Looks Like Meghan Markle > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 31, 2020 3:57 PM UTC  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex reacts after her visit with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex to Canada House in London, England on January 7, 2020. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex reacts after her visit with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex to Canada House in London, England on January 7, 2020. WPA Pool—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 31, 2020 3:57 PM UTC [Meghan, Duchess of Sussex](https://time.com/5768763/buckingham-palace-harry-meghan-new-titles-divorce/) may have [returned to Canada](https://time.com/5762826/meghan-markle-in-canada/) following her and [Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex’s](https://time.com/5757551/prince-harry-meghan-markle-new-years-message/) announcement that they are [stepping back as “senior” royals](https://time.com/5761547/prince-harry-meghan-markle-step-back-senior-royals/), but if the royal family ever needs someone who might be able to tap in for her, the internet has found their woman. After Instagram user [Akeisha Land](https://www.instagram.com/greyson%5Fland/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed) recently shared a few photos of herself on an account usually reserved for pictures of her daughter Greyson, people began flocking to her page to comment on how eerily similar she looks to Meghan Markle. “Meghan Markle’s twin!” one Instagrammer wrote followed by another who added, “Even i had to sit here and say to myself …. ‘ain’t that Meghan?'” People feel the resemblance is truly uncanny and has even prompted Land to say that she would be willing to pose as Markle for some professional lookalike work. “I was joking and told one of the commenters on my post I need to reach out to her people and tell them if they ever need a doppelgänger,” she told [E! 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